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Ship has to listen to money-lenders (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sharks

'money-lenders' is the definition.
('shark' can be a synonym of 'money-lender')

'ship has to listen' is the wordplay.
'ship' becomes 'SS' (prefix in ship names eg SS Great Britain).
'has' indicates putting letters inside.
'to listen' becomes 'hark' (harking is a kind of listening).
'ss' going around 'hark' is 'SHARKS'.

'to' is the link.

(Other definitions for sharks that I've seen before include "Large carnivorous fish" , "Feared fishes, may be basking or hammerhead" , "Voracious sea fish" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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